Labour supporters can’t understand why the government hasn’t fallen after yesterday’s vote
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May 31, 2012 at 3:05am
The Labour Party had better explain to its supporters, who have set their keyboards aglow, that this does not mean the government will fall. It means that a minister has had to resign.
They can’t understand why and they can’t tell the difference. They are having trouble, to start with, understanding why Mifsud Bonnici had to go and why, if it doesn’t mean the government will fall, Labour thought it was a good idea to accommodate Franco Debono’s wish for revenge.
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Might even be a better idea were the PL to start explaining the situation to its own parliamentary group, since it looks like a good many of them had not worked out the end result of what they were pushing and voting for.
It is significant that these events are unfolding within the PN: not because Franco Debono is a vindictive SOB, but because the PL would not allow such liberty of expression within their own Party. Remember Adrian Vassallo (on divorce) for Joseph Muscat; remember Dom Mintoff (in general, as well as for a yacht marina) for Alfred Sant.
The PL remain an authoritarian party from the top down. It is the way that they have run previous governments, and the way they intend to run their next one (given the chance). So many PL adherents look to their leadership for what to do and what to think. Why bother to think at all if the equivalent of the PL Padrino provides (and “I don’t have to worry anymore” and “my living is guaranteed”).
The values for true “liberalism” exist within the PN, even though the party hosts its conservative elements (on religious perspectives), but is definitely progressive on social-economic policy, where social-political realities continue to demand improvements. At least, with the PN there is a social vision and a road map to get there. And, within the PN, there is sufficient liberty for significant disagreements.
It is unfortunatate whenever politicians are egoists; the hallmark of great politicians is always humility and respect for others (qualities more often lacking within the PL in general, as they still cling to the “Golden Years”).
Meanwhile, it is the PN who evidence the greater potential for change and adaptability as they encounter public dissent and sometimes dissention. There is no tolerance for dissent in the PL (although it exists, covertly, in spades, where everyone must watch his/her back; and control is exercised from the top; who that “top” really is remains intentionally hidden behind the public structures).
Not sure if it was my imagination but I think there was an attempt at a Labour victory carcade in Sliema last night.
What they can’t understand is that this was a motion of no confidence in Carm Mifsud Bonnici, not in the government. But their IQ is so low that even if you spell it out to them, they still can’t (or won’t) get that.
for Labour the the ‘Q’ in IQ is one letter too many as it is all about ‘I’. no wonder they are so backward in their thinking.
good job franco
Not to mention the carcading last night.
They think that way because their ‘wise’ leader implied that during yesterday evening’s press conference.
I would not exclude that their “wise” leader plans to bring back those “Ghaqal fit-tmexxija – Stabbilta’ u Progress” backdrops. See how he managed to resurrect the dinosours of his party.
Far from bringing down the government and heralding an early election in the desperate attempt of the LP to be re-elected to government after decades in the wilderness, the outcome of this debate may well have the opposite effect.
Of course they can’t understand! that’s why they’re Labour supporters.